Volcano Sinabung removes its cap

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 January 2018 at 11:42:08 & 23:11:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 16 February 2018 at 03:38:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 February 2018 at 11:42:07 & 23:11:18 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 February 2018 at 03:37:51 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 26 February 2018 at 03:37:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, disaster monitoring, volcano, eruption, lahar, Sumatra, Indonesia
Fig. 1 - S1 (15.01.2018 & 20.02.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Asc pair before & after the 1.6 million m3 explosion
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Fig. 2 - S1 IW (15.01.2018 & 20.02.2018) - After several lava flows since 2013, Sinabung exploded the 19.02.2018.
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Fig. 3 - S2 MSI (16.02.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Previous emissions dammed this river, creating a lake (here dark green).
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Fig. 4 - S2 MSI (21.02.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - The latest eruption triggered lahars whose mud colored the lake in brown.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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